This is Rejected, an entry originally posted on December 10, 2003 in the blog nebulose.net. In chronological order, before this was Pointer. After this comes Echo. If you're lost, I recommend the about page.

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Rejected

Some snippets from my ideas file (jot.txt) that have been there forever and are obviously going nowhere:

This image (real or imagined) that people are more like me on the west coast, Oregon/Washington/Northern California. Or is it that there are more people like me? What is the distinction?

She wasn’t bored, just boring, though she often confused the two.

The worst UI design decision since they made you have to press Record over again every 1.5 seconds in Sound Recorder.

A guy at dinner, introduced to me by a mutual friend. First thing he says to me: “You look like me.” Me: “No, you look like me.” Parting words: “See you later, doppleganger.” (I like this kid.)

Looking back, it’s shocking how many things were wrong with the situation

The hat on the pole. Who put it there, and who took it away?

conduit825: how do you know they’re your favorite songs?
Aaorn2286: because I don’t get sick of them
Aaorn2286: after that one day where it’s stuck in my head and I play it a hundred times, i still like it
Aaorn2286: other songs can’t survive that kind of abuse

And then toward the bottom, all by itself:

How does that happen?

I forget what I was thinking when I wrote that one. (We may never know how it happens.)

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